The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-02-05

Key. n. =. Browne, former pastor of
the North East NJ. f. church, will preach
at that church tomorrow Sunday both
morning and evening.
III. Is. Carsler's handsome glass front
hardware store, at North East, is about
completed. Mr.. Careler has commenced to
move his store goods to tho building.
Captain j. I. Long lectures tonight at
Wiugats Post Hall, North East, on tho
Battle of Gettysburg The lecture will
be illustrated by over 800 views.
Harry Hsssey was arrested by Officer
| WIN. 7. Boulder on Wednesday afternoon
for being drunken and disorder and taken
to Jail here he spent that night and part
of the next day.
| Burg hart, the witness in the Port De-
posit local option cases, was in town this
week, it is said, endeavoring to obtain
money an informer in some of those cases.
| He is said to have been unsuccessful.
The LATEST mail train to Baltimore now
| leaves Elkton at l. 80, and the mail closes
at the Office about quarter of An hour ear
lier. We should have mail south on the
) II p. NJ, train.
The hyeua-panther- bear that has caused
| 80 much excitement i'll New Castle county
has been caught. 1t turns out to be au
| inotfenyive dog Of 4 handsome and curious
appearance.
| Revival meetings are in progress AT the
At
is crowded nightly with penitents The
merchants of this place have all agreed to
close their stores at 80 z. NJ, during the |
progress of the revival
The ground hog when he came out of |
his hole on Wednesday at noon wIs unable
to SEQ his shadow and consequently did not |
return. We may now look for mild weather
the balance of the winter, if the ground |
hog be- true prophet.
Tho revival services closed at the Elk
ton NJ. f. church on Sunday night last
Meetings have been held every night and |
many afternoons, from January LIST to the |
night of closing. Twenty-eight of the con-
verts have SO far joined the church on pro
baton.
WIN. Freeman. \ colored youth, better |
known as Monkey" who was sentenced |
to four months in tho House of Correction |
for assault and battery, at the Septen Der
term of court, has beeu released and reached |
homo this week. Monkey will do well |
not to 'monkey" with razors hereafter.
Mr.. William Lair a former resident Of
=
columns that he will be at tho RESIDENCES OF |
his brother Benjamin K. Lair, near Bay
View, to continue the sale OF his popular |
rockers and after March lJrh. His |
stock is tirst-class both in style and flush
There will be services Al the Elkton A
L. NJ. p. church on Sunday at ID 30 A. Nj,
by the pastor Rev. Win. T. s .voy subject
"Come aud Let Us Reason" SUNDAY school
at 80 p NJ. Evening service and Sacra-
\ment at 30 p. NJ. The subject in tho even
ing will be Jesus Wept" Prorract-d i
meetings are still in progress and are meet
ing with much suc"esl.
1t is great pity that the panther,
hyena, or 'what is it, - that has been annov-
ing the people of New Castle county for
some weeks past did not re ,ch TINS neigh
bnrhood before 1t ~ discovered to b. an
inotfensiva dog. a journalist and law yer
who went in search of the Other panther
that caused such great commorou about
ten years ago, and returned in sorry plight,
should have had d chance TO try their luck
again.
Iyh Al Of
the Roman Catholic Church. died the early
part of this week His funeral was held
on Thursday morning at st. Peters Cain,
edral, and was very largely attended.
Bishop Curtis preached a sermon. Among
the clergymen present We're R4v. John A
Lyons, of Wilmington, Rev William Scott
of Ch-stertown, Father Giraub of Bohemia
Manor, Rev. j. Barry of Port Deposit, and
Rev. ID. j. Flynn OF Gllena.
A large number of young men of this
place and vicinity visited Port Deposit on
Sunday last. Nearly all wore gum boots
and those that did not before they reached
home, wished they had. they took the cars
to Perryville and from there had Il walk of
about five miles through mud and over ice
and rocks to Port Deposit. After they had
seeu tho sights and rode through the streets
i'll boats for while they started on the re-
turn trip. They IA tired set of boys
long before they reached the d. pot at n,rry-
vile.
The J. w. Il b. railroad will begin
about March LIST the building of the south
side railroad tor the Use of through business
and advertise for proposals for completing
the grading for this branch which will be
known AS the Snelipot Branch. 1t will be
" short cut from Delaware junction to
Edgemore. The new railroad Will be dou-
bic tracked and over four miles long, max
ing shorter cur than the present circuitous
route through Wilmington. The new line
is intended mostly for through freight bust
ness and all through business generally.
Work Will b-gin on the road ia about three
weeks.
Samuel Harris, an employee of the Delhi
aware Iron Works, New Castle, WAS fatally
burned Thursday morning by his clothes
taking fire from some cotton waste Some
fellow workman finding him doZiug at his
post, jpkIngly threw nan ltul of blazing
waste III his face. Inc flames caught his
clothing, aud literally bnrled "A part OF his
body To "a crisp. He was conscious for
short time after the accident, but declined
to disclose the names nj the practical jokers,
who were his friends, lest the affair would |
get them in trouble. He iii ii after suffer-
about seven hours. His mother resides in |
Glasgow, Del AMI he was a brother OF Mr. |
Benoni Harris, OF John street, Elktun.
Anderson Perry, colOred, was on Thurs |
day found not guilty OF being accessory to
the murder of Emily Brown, the aged |
street beggar, who was killed ON Friday,
Decem Der 10, 1856. at No Pig alley, South |
Baltimore, and her warm and bleeding |
body taken to the University School OF
Medicine to be sold fpr dissection. Perry
was charged with having iustigated the |
crime and received the body, heinz an EN-
ploye of the university. John Thomas |
| Ross mas been convicted OF murder in The |
| first degree for the killing, and a case for
assisting Ross is pending against Albert
4 Hawkins which Will now tie abandoned.
| ii. Arthur Stump, formerly of this county, |
and now practicing in Baltimore was the
leading counsel for Perry
| james =. Alex auder, this week sold the
| house on High street i'll which he resides AMI
the shop near by, to Capt. John Brickley, of